Applications Manager Jobs in the Midlands

Application Manager
England > Midlands

The median Application Manager salary in the Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 279 303
Rank change year-on-year +33 +24 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Manager 11 42 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.15% 0.35% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.37% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 7 28 11
10th Percentile £45,750 £44,375 £42,000
25th Percentile £53,125 £50,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +14.78% +6.53%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £80,000 - £75,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -3.57% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,627 11,377 8,155
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 94.41% 89.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,827 8,428 4,582
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £28,512
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%

Applications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Applications Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Manager in the Midlands

Applications Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Manager in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Applications Manager in the Midlands

Applications Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Manager in the Midlands

Applications Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +22 10 £60,000 -20.00% 4
East Midlands +18 1 £60,000 +26.32% 2
Applications Manager
England

Applications Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Applications Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Applications Manager in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) ITIL
1 6 (54.55%) Change Management
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 5 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Azure
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
4 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) CRM
4 3 (27.27%) ERP
4 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (18.18%) SaaS
5 2 (18.18%) Private Cloud
5 2 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (18.18%) Availability Management
5 2 (18.18%) Infor
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Infor M3
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (18.18%) Analytics

Applications Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (18.18%) Infor M3
3 1 (9.09%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (9.09%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (18.18%) SaaS
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Vagrant
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
1 2 (18.18%) Private Cloud
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Change Management
1 6 (54.55%) ITIL
2 5 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (27.27%) CRM
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) ERP
4 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Availability Management
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
5 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Service Management
6 1 (9.09%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
2 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) HND
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Infor
3 1 (9.09%) BMC
3 1 (9.09%) Remedy
3 1 (9.09%) SAP